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Ernie Conover

Ernie Conover

A veteran woodworking author with nine books, Ernie Conover has many videos and hundreds of articles to his credit. Ernie is also a lathe designer, having developed his own lathe and worked on the designs of the Nova and the Powermatic 3520b. His work has received numerous awards and has been the subject of several one-man shows. He lectures widely for clubs, trade show groups and woodworking stores and is frequently called upon as a consultant and expert witness in the woodworking field. When not writing, lecturing or consulting, he is active in providing academic oversight and teaching at Conover Workshops—a craft school founded by the Conover family.

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Festool Rotex RO 90 DX Sander Review

I have been testing the new Festool Rotex RO 90 DX (90mm, 3½”) sander for a couple of months. I […]

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I was working in my shop a few weeks ago with the outside temperatures in the single digits. For fear […]

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I have been testing the barrel handle corded model of the new Festool Carvex Jig Saw for about two months […]

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